Editor In Chief

Colin Wood

StateScoop & EdScoop

Colin Wood is the editor in chief of StateScoop and EdScoop. He’s reported on government information technology policy for more than a decade, on topics including cybersecurity, IT governance and artificial intelligence.

colin.wood@statescoop.com

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Articles by Author

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont casts his vote at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut on November 3, 2020. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images)

Connecticut’s voter rights law, the strongest in the nation, finally got funded

State

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., speaks during the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing at the U.S. Capitol on June 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images)

Senate kills off proposed moratorium on state AI law enforcement

At a signing event on June 27, 2025, Gov. Kathy Hochul holds up a bill designed to improve the state’s cybersecurity. (Aidin Bharti / Office of Governor Kathy Hochul)

State, local New York agencies get free, mandatory cyber training

State

Trump and Abbott — President Donald Trump shakes hands with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after Trump signed an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Inspired by Trump, Texas first to fund state ‘strategic’ bitcoin reserve

Emerging Tech

Alabama to add invisible security emblems to ballots

State

businessman with files in wheelbarrow — (Getty Images)

PDFs are the tip of the spear for Code for America’s new AI studio

magnifying glass over cash money — (Getty Images)

Finances, cybersecurity top tech priorities in state, local government, new survey shows

Cybersecurity

For AI projects, California’s CIO wants agencies to consider benefit, value, cost

State

Washington CIO Bill Kehoe (Washington Technology Solutions)

‘We can’t just stop,’ CIO says of state and local cyber grant program

State